Terroristic Threats in Nebraska

If you have been charged with Terroristic Threats in Nebraska, you need an expert criminal defense attorney immediately. 

 The Fourth Amendment mandates that an arrest be justified by probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a crime.  

 A person commits the crime of terroristic threats in Nebraska if he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence with the intent to terrorize another or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-311.01.  

 In order to convict a person who is arrested for the crime of terroristic threats, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intended to terrorize another person. State v. Smith, 267 Neb. 917 (2004).  

 It does not matter that the person who made the threat did not intend to execute the threat nor does it matter that the recipient of the threat be terrorized. State v. Saltzman, 235 Neb. 964 (1990).  For the purposes of the Nebraska terroristic threats statute, a threat may be written, oral, physical or any combination thereof. State v. Tucker, 17 Neb. App. 487 (2009).

If you have been charged with Terroristic Threats in Nebraska, contact an attorney immediately.